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Enterprising African-American creatives , small business owners, and more are using crowdsourced funding platforms instead of traditional loans with success.

According to the latest Kauffmann Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, Hispanic start ups are on the rise...

What can social technology do to advance workplace diversity? What are the potential larger effects on our world?

You are a member of a minority group and want to become involved in creating a more inclusive and tolerant environment at your company. You would also like those efforts to benefit you professionally. How should you start?

During high school, Andy Warhol took classes at the Carnegie Museum's teen program in his hometown, Pittsburgh. Building on a solid public high school arts curriculum, Carnegie provided an added dimension with long stretches of study time in the galleries, high-expectations and rigorous critique of his emerging craft. These classes brought Andy great joy, and they instilled the discipline of a creative life. And his was a life that would radically alter 20th century culture.

The concept of minority in Silicon Valley is a bit unique; White, Asians and Indian males are relatively well-represented while Latinos, Blacks and women are not. For some reason our community is exclusive to an extreme.

As innovation becomes more of a key differentiator for the world’s largest companies, these organizations increasingly see having a diverse and inclusive workforce as critical to driving the creation and execution of new products, services, and business processes. For executives in charge of diversity and inclusion, this is paramount to building the business case for their efforts.